Manchester Airport police incident: new footage has emerged that shows what happened before the now viral and widely condemned actions by a police officer- that is now under a criminal investigation.
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GMP said its officers had been called to Terminal 2 of the airport at 20:25 BST on Tuesday following reports of a fight.
It said while trying to arrest a suspect, three of its officers were violently attacked and punched to the ground. One officer suffered a broken nose and all three needed hospital treatment.
"As the attending officers were firearms officers, there was a clear risk during this assault of their firearms being taken from them," a spokesman for the force said.
Four men were arrested at the scene for affray and assault on emergency service workers.